Modified TiO2 for environmental photocatalytic applications: A review

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3581-3599

  Daghrir, Rimeh ^a   Drogui, Patrick ^a   Robert, Didier ^b  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC APPLICATION; RECENT RESEARCHES; VISIBLE IRRADIATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT ACTIVITY; WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENTS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84875091777     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie303468t     Document Type: Review

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